CyanogenMod 9 Beta 7 For Galaxy Mini & Pop GT-S5570.

Maclaw couldn't have chosen a better day than the start of the week day to release another beta version of the long anticipated CyanogenMod 9 custom rom for Samsung Galaxy Mini/Pop GT-S5570 smartphone. Yes, today Maclaw announced the release of cyanogenmod 9 Rom. But, it's not Beta 6, instead galaxy mini/pop users are getting CM9 Beta 7 with some major improvements and changes to rom. However, still after all the efforts from the developers at GalaxyICS team, Camera is still not working in this rom. But, that doesn't mean you need to be disappointed and skip through the rest of the article since, CM9 Beta 7 consists of huge improvements making it a --must flash-- major update for those anticipating the release of stable Ice Cream Sandwich rom. So, continue reading after the break to know further details about this update.

Cyanogenmod 9 Beta 7 has improved a lot since last beta 4 release. With this rom the hardware acceleration is working just fine and there are no more flickers. The rom runs smoothly and at a considerable speed even without having to overclock it. The changes are not much in the user interface and it looks pretty much same as previous CM9 release, however there have been huge change in kernel which has improved overall performance of the rom. Below, I've got the change log for CM9 Beta 7 from the developers thread.

CyanogenMod 9 Beta 7 For Galaxy Mini GT-S5570

ChangeLog : Beta7

• Android Updated to v4.0.4.
• Fast smooth system & smooth windows animations.
• New phone lock animation
• Hardware acceleration on most video formats (not all).
• Smooth videos on YouTube (LQ only right now).
• Fully working deep sleep (all the time when BT is disabled)
• GSM fully works (signal indicator/mobile data/phone calls/messages etc.)
• Updated Google Apps.
• CRT screen-off animation.
• New Adreno200 libraries for Ice Cream Sandwich.
• Live Wallpapers working - Now it won't slowdown your system, like on Gingerbread!.
• Gallery and calculator fully working all the time
• Gmail working without any problem
• Browser working really good (smooth and fast)
• All apps with graphic problems, like Poweramp, now working without any Updated AOSP/CM9 sources.
• New gralloc and hwcomposer.
• Updated Macław's audio libraries.
• FM seems to be working.
  Note : To get FM radio working, you must to install Spirit FM app from Play Store and then go to:
  Settings=>Region frequency=>Europe
  Settings=>Audio=>Method=>msm7x30 Si5500

This is just a change log. You can never get the real picture of the rom just by viewing it. So, let's flash Cyanogen Mod 9 Beta 7 rom on your galaxy pop/mini/next and see what Ice Cream Sandwich is all about.

Disclaimer : Do It At Your Own Risk!

Note : Those who have Gingerbread OS and any Custom Recovery installed on their device can skip Step 1 and Step 2. You can also skip these steps if you have any other custom rom installed on your device.

1. Upgrade your firmware to Gingerbread using Odin Multidownloader v4.38.

2. Install any custom recovery available for Samsung Galaxy Mini/Pop. You may either have Clock Work Mod Recovery or RZ Recovery - any is fine.

3. Download CyanogenMod 9.0.0-RC0-GT-S5570-GalaxyICS-KANG-beta7 (cm_tass-ota-eng.08042012.zip) from the site of GalaxyICS team.

4. Copy the downloaded file to the (root directory of) your sd-card.

5. Reboot your device to Custom Recovery (Press Home + Power Button).

6. [Optional but, Recommended] Do a Nandroid Backup of your current rom.

7. Choose Install Zip From Sd Card>>Choose Zip From SD Card option and then select the file (named:  cm_tass-ota-eng.08042012.zip ) you downloaded from above.

Note : If you are using RZ Recovery, choose Install Menu>>Select cm_tass-ota-eng.08042012.zip you downloaded>>Select Wipe Data and Wipe Cache>>Choose Install cm_tass-ota-eng.08042012.zip and wait till the rom is flashed.

8. Wait till the rom is flashed/installed on your device. Once done, Wipe Data and Wipe cache from recovery menu.

9. Reboot your device from your recovery main menu and wait for about 5-10 minutes till it boots up.

That's all. You have now installed CyanogenMod 9 Beta 7 on Galaxy Mini/Pop GT-S5570 smartphone. As you will soon notice, this rom is nearing perfection and now we are not far from a stable CyanogenMod 9 rom which will have all features working on it. However, for now this android rom still has the usual camera bug, but still it can be used for normal daily use. You'll also notice that the battery life is now improved and prolonged . So, enjoy this beta 7 for now until further updates. If you have any problems while flashing or any other doubts then feel free to ask me at the comments below.